BBC Orchestras and Choirs

Celebrate Salford100 in style with an unforgettable evening of live music and dance at the iconic Swinton Grand Palais.

NYCOS marks its 30th anniversary with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, featuring Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, the world premiere of Jay Capperauld’s The World, and Jonathan Dove’s The Passing of the Year.

Words and music, presented at the Philharmonic Studio as part of the BBC’s much-loved festival of music and speech.

BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night comes to the Lighthouse in Poole with an evening celebrating the music of Leonard Bernstein.

From the serenity of Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, the programme moves to Cameron Biles-Liddell’s gritty new Harp Concerto, before closing with Beethoven’s joyful Pastoral Symphony, a richly illustrative celebration of nature and landscape.

Under the glow of Luke Jerram’s replica of our planet, hear a concert of heavenly works for strings, from Vaughan Williams to Hildur Guðnadóttir.

Seize a rare chance to hear Mahler’s cantata Das klagende Lied, performed by the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, BBC SSO and soloists under Sir Donald Runnicles.

Join us at Snape Maltings Concert Hall for an evening of Kodály, Mendelssohn and the world premiere of Deborah Pritchard's Nightingale.

Greek tragedy meets modern psychology in Richard Strauss’s audacious opera, conducted by Karina Canellakis.

A rich mix of music, encompassing jazz, classical and more that celebrates the incredible breadth and diversity of music written by Black composers, all recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3 from Snape Maltings Concert Hall.